Data Release

EAARL Coastal Topography—Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Pre- and Post-Hurricane Isabel, 2003

By Xan Fredericks, Christine J. Kranenburg, and David B. Nagle

USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida

Summary

These XYZ datasets provide lidar-derived bare-earth topography for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Elevation measurements were acquired pre-Hurricane Isabel on September 16 and post-Hurricane Isabel on September 21, 2003 by the first-generation Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Data

File Name and Description Metadata (XML format) Metadata (text format) Download File
CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected pre-Hurricane Isabel (.xyz)
CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96_metadata.xml
CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96_metadata.txt
CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96.zip

(7 MB)
CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.zip
Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected post-Hurricane Isabel (.xyz)
CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96_metadata.xml
CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96_metadata.txt
CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_
BE_n88g96.zip

(12 MB)

Labeled map showing data extent, with inset location map.
Figure 1. Data extent on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; data were collected September 16 and 21, 2003.

Suggested Citation

Fredericks, Xan, Kranenburg, C.J., and Nagle, D.B., 2017, EAARL Coastal Topography—Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Pre- and Post-Hurricane Isabel, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F76W9879.